Shrubs, erect, 1-3 m tall. Branchlets distinctly angular, densely villous. Leaves 3-foliolate; petiole 1-4 cm, densely hispidulous; leaflets broadly ovate or broadly obovate, terminal one 3.5-7(-13) × 2.5-5(-8) cm, both surfaces densely yellowish white sericeous, base rounded or broadly cuneate, apex rounded or emarginate. Racemes axillary or in panicles at apex of branchlets, longer than leaves; peduncle 4-7 cm, densely villous. Calyx ca. 6 mm, 5-lobed, villous; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, more than 2 × as long as tube. Corolla reddish purple; standard obovate-oblong, 1-1.1 cm × ca. 5 mm, auriculate, shortly clawed; wings narrowly oblong, shorter than standard and keel, auriculate, slenderly clawed; keel petals slightly falcate, subequal to standard, distinctly auriculate and clawed. Ovary densely hairy. Legume ovoid, 8-10 mm, somewhat densely sericeous, reticulate veined. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Sep-Oct. 2n = 22*.
Home